2. What was Raphael Lemkin’s purpose in coining the term “genocide”? Raphael Lemkin’s purpose in coining the term “genocide” was to define Nazi policies of methodical murder, which includes the annihilation of the European Jews.
3. What categorizes genocide as an international crime? Genocide, like crimes against humanity (another international crime), both include the act of murdering people, this is what makes them international crimes.
4. In what two distinct historical periods is the term genocide concentrated? The two distinct historical periods that the term “genocide” was concentrated were from …show more content…
What idea of John Locke influenced the American and French Revolutions? John Locke influenced the Americans and French Revolutions with his idea that formed the foundation of liberal democracy.
2. What is Empiricism? Empiricism is the theory of knowledge that addresses the limits of what we can comprehend about the nature of reality. Locke believed that our understanding of reality eventually originate from sense-experience.
3. What is the moral obligation of the government? The moral obligation of the government is to guarantee that individuals always had power over their own rights. This included the ownership of property, achieved from the individuals own labor.
4. What was Locke’s relationship to Anthony Ashley Cooper? Locke was an advisor and personal physician to Anthony Ashley Cooper.
Demosthenes
1. What events made Demosthenes early life difficult? What obstacle did he have to overcome? When Demosthenes was seven, he was orphaned. Although his father left him well-provided-for, he still had a difficult early life because his guardians defrauded him and wasted his inheritance. As a child, he had a speech impediment and had to overcome it with self-designed exercises. One example of his exercises was talking with a mouthful of pebbles to improve his